Endangered Animals : A Reference Guide to Conflicting Issues.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- EXTINCTION: PAST AND PRESENT -- CONSERVATION: SLOWING, HALTING, AND REVERSING THE EXTINCTION SPASM -- CASE STUDIES: LEARNING FROM THE PAST -- NOTE -- African Wild Dog -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Altai Argali Sheep -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- American Burying Beetle -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Andean Condor -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Anegada Iguana -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Aruba Island Rattlesnake -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Asian Elephant -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Asiatic Lion -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Aye-aye -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Basking Shark -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Black-footed Ferret -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Boreal Toad -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Brown Bear -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Chinese Alligator -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Dalmatian Pelican -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Douc Langur -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Eastern Barred Bandicoot.

DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Ethiopian Wolf -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- European Mink -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- Florida Manatee -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Giant Panda -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Golden Lion Tamarin -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Golden-rumped Elephant-shrew -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Gorilla -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Grevy's Zebra -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Hawaiian Goose -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Indiana Bat -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Ivory-billed Woodpecker -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Jaguar -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Leatherback Turtle -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Malagasy Freshwater Fishes -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Marbled Murrelet -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Mariana Crow -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES.

FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Mediterranean Monk Seal -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Mexican Prairie Dog -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Mexican Wolf -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Mountain Plover -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Orinoco River Dolphin -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- Piping Plover -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Po'o-uli (Black-faced Honeycreeper) -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Red-cockaded Woodpecker -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Red Wolf -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Scarlet Macaw -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Snow Leopard -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Southern Sea Otter -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Sturgeons and Paddlefishes (Acipenseriformes) -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Yuma Clapper Rail -- DESCRIPTION -- NATURAL HISTORY -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- FUTURE AND PROGNOSIS -- Interdisciplinary Problem Solving in Endangered Species Conservation: The Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Case -- BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW -- What Is Meant by Managing the Policy Process? -- What Is Interdisciplinary Problem Solving? -- BASIC INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEM-SOLVING CONCEPTS.

The Problem Orientation (e.g., Is grizzly bear policy rational?) -- The Social and Decision Process (The Politics of Grizzly Bear Policy) -- Does Current Grizzly Bear Management Meet These Criteria? -- Basic Beliefs (Is Grizzly Bear Conservation Policy Morally Justified?) -- STANDPOINT OF PROFESSIONALS -- Conventional Standpoints -- Civic Professionalism and a Policy Orientation -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Conclusions: Causes of Endangerment and Conflicts in Recovery -- CAUSES OF SPECIES DECLINE -- CONFLICTING ISSUES -- IMPROVING CONSERVATION -- Selected Conservation Organizations -- Glossary -- References -- INTRODUCTION -- AFRICAN WILD DOG -- ALTAI ARGALI SHEEP -- AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE -- ANDEAN CONDOR -- ANEGADA IGUANA -- ARUBA ISLAND RATTLESNAKE -- ASIAN ELEPHANT -- ASIATIC LION -- AYE-AYE -- BASKING SHARK -- BLACK-FOOTED FERRET -- BOREAL TOAD -- BROWN BEAR -- CHINESE ALLIGATOR -- DALMATIAN PELICAN -- DOUC LANGUR -- EASTERN BARRED BANDICOOT -- ETHIOPIAN WOLF -- EUROPEAN MINK -- FLORIDA MANATEE -- GIANT PANDA -- GOLDEN LION TAMARIN -- GOLDEN-RUMPED ELEPHANT-SHREW -- GORILLA -- GREVY'S ZEBRA -- HAWAIIAN GOOSE -- INDIANA BAT -- IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER -- JAGUAR -- KEMP'S RIDLEY SEA TURTLE -- LEATHERBACK TURTLE -- MALAGASY FRESHWATER FISHES -- MARBLED MURRELET -- MARIANA CROW -- MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL -- MEXICAN PRAIRIE DOG -- MEXICAN WOLF -- MOUNTAIN PLOVER -- NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOLF -- ORINOCO RIVER DOLPHIN -- PIPING PLOVER -- PO'O-ULI (BLACK-FACED HONEYCREEPER) -- RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER -- RED WOLF -- SCARLET MACAW -- SNOW LEOPARD -- SOUTHERN SEA OTTER -- STURGEONS AND PADDLEFISHES (ACIPENSERIFORMES) -- YUMA CLAPPER RAIL -- INTERDISCIPLINARY PROBLEM SOLVING IN ENDANGERED SPECIES CONSERVATION: THE YELLOWSTONE GRIZZLY BEAR CASE -- CONCLUSIONS: CAUSES OF ENDANGERMENT AND CONFLICTS IN RECOVERY -- Index -- Contributors.

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